Rolling screen



Nov. @9,1929. REmCHr-:R 1,736,668

ROLLING SCREEN Filed Feb. 7, 1928 ATTOR N EY Patented Nov. lith i929 Application led February The present invention' relates to screens and particularly to screens which are attached to the window sashes and are adapted to be extended or retracted as the sashes are raised or lowered as the case may be.

An object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of screens of this character. n

A further object is to provide such a screen m which will cover the entire space open by raising or lowering the window either from the top or 'bottom as the case may be and which will be movable in slots in the sides of the window trame and through a slotl at the top or bottom of the window frame according to the mounting ot the screen and which will be provided with means preventilig the dislodgment of the screen from the s ots.

@ther objects are to provide novel and effective means'for bracing the window frame adjacent the slots formed therein.

Still further objects and advantages will appear from the subjoined speciication and will be included in the claim appended thereto.

Figure l is a longitudinal section vertically through a window and window trame con- 3o structed in accordance with this invention.

. .liigure 2 is a cross section in a horizontal plane. v

Figure 3 is a detail fragmentary view of a portion of the screen showing the rubber buttons attached to the side thereof.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view on an enlarged scale illustrating the details ot the rubber buttons.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the connection of the screen to one of the window sashes.

Figure 6 is a detail view ot the rubber strip to be attached to one of the window sashes in order to complete the closure by the window and screens.

Figure 7 is a detail view of one of the braces for connecting the portions of the window frame at the sides of the slots formed therein.

Referring to the dra-wings in detail5 l() designates the window frame, 11 and sashes slidable in the trame in the usual'nianner, i3 and la designate screens which are mounted on rollers l5 and i6 respectively located in housings 1'? and 18 at the top and bottom ot the window trame, the rollers being of the usual window shade type and adapted to be actuated by a spring contained therein7 the construction ot said rollers being no part ot the present invention. Further details being omitted a mere representation thereoila ce' is all that is shown.

The window trarne is provided in the bodiment as illustrated with slots 19 andV 2O arranged through the transverse portions of the trame at the rtop and bottom thereof, said e5 slots being ot sufficient width to accommodate and permit the passage ot the screens therethrough. The tree ends of the'screens are attached respectively to the upper and lower sashes 12 and l1 by means of stripsof met-al *lo indicated at 2l and 22 on the drawing. rllhe portions of the sashes to which the screens are attached are provided with inset portions at 23 and 24 respectively of suiicient depth to receive the screen and the plate, the outer surfaces of said plates being tiush with the surfaces of the portion of the frame to which they are attached.

The sides ofthe windowtrames are likewise provided with slots forming combinaso tions ot the slots 19 and 20 and extending downwardly and upwardly as the case may be from said end slots a distance suthcient to take care of the entire travel ot the screens in the downward and upward movement of 85 the respective window sashes. 'lhese slots' are designated by the numeralsl 25 and 26. IThe edges of the screens project through these slots on both sides of the window and arev prevented from dislodgrnent therefrom by means ot rubber buttons 27 formed in two parts 28 and 29 one ot which is provided with a screw threaded stem 30 and the other with a threaded aperture 3l adapted to receive said threaded stem for connecting the sections ot the buttons thereto, the buttons constituting when assembled substantially a sphere and are connected with the screen hy inserting the stem through the mesh thereof and threading the section 29 thereon.. l0@

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in testimony whereof affix my signature.,

ROY E. PITCHER.. 

